- How would you characterize Bildad’s opening remarks (Job 18:2-4)?
- Commentators differ as to whom Bildad is addressing in Job 18:2. The Hebrew seems to indicate a plural pronoun. If so, to whom is Bildad speaking?
- It seems clear whom he is addressing in Job 18:4. What is he implying about Job?
- Explain the imagery in Job 18:7-10.
- In Job 18:11, what does “set his feet flying mean”? Another version reads: “pursue him in his tracks”. Which translation is more appropriate?
- What are the ramifications of wickedness according to Job 18:12?
- What is the meaning of Death’s firstborn (Job 18:13)? Is it a demon, a disease, or something else?
- What is the significance of the reference to sulphur (Job 18:15)? Cf. Genesis 19:24.
- What is the ultimate fate of the wicked according to Bildad in the concluding verses? Is his sentiment realistic?
- What does his diatribe about the wicked (which takes up most of the chapter) have to do with Job?
